Boxer Software announces World Wide Web site; Knockout graphics add extra punch to page content highlighting the award-winning line of text editors.PETERBOROUGH, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 7, 1995--Boxer Software, developer of the award-winning Boxer Text Editors, has announced the opening of its Home Page on the Internet's World Wide Web (WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. ). With attractive graphics, concise information and useful suggestions, the Boxer Home page is designed to inform visitors as well as entertain them. The site is located at http://www.boxersoftware.com/users/dhamel. The Boxer Home Page presents a wide variety of information in a crisp and attractive format. Visitors are first greeted by a colorful banner framed in boxing ring rope. The pugilistic pu·gi·lism n. The skill, practice, and sport of fighting with the fists; boxing. [From Latin pugil, pugilist; see peuk- in Indo-European roots. metaphor continues as bright red boxing gloves boxing gloves npl → guantes mpl de boxeo boxing gloves box npl → gants mpl de boxe boxing gloves npl are used to bullet subtopics. The graphic for "Boxer Shorts boxer shorts pl.n. Men's full-cut undershorts. boxer shorts or boxers Noun, pl men's underpants shaped like shorts but with a front opening boxer shorts box "--a section containing a collection of useful tips--depicts a pair of (what else?) polka-dotted boxer shorts. On the Home Page's "ABC's Tour," visitors can take an alphabetical jaunt through Boxer's feature set, from A (Autoindent) to Z (Zoom). The company's mascot, a boxing kangaroo (complete with gloves and a "put-up-your-dukes" grin) is also part of the fun. Boxer's Home Page stands as a testament to the product's versatility: it was created using the Boxer Text Editor. The addition of a small configuration file available at the site allows Boxer users to perform Color Syntax Highlighting on the "HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. " files which describe WWW pages. By using Boxer to create and edit HTML files, users can get all the advantages of a full-featured text editor while also benefitting from the syntax checking afforded by HTML-code colorization col·or·i·za·tion n. A computer-assisted process by which color is imparted to black-and-white film. . When teamed with a WSYIWYG web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , Boxer makes an ideal HTML editing solution. Boxer Text Editors are available for DOS, Extended DOS and OS/2 platforms. Boxer/DOS is priced at $56.00, Boxer/TKO and Boxer/OS2 are each priced at $95.00 and include Boxer/DOS. Each package includes printed reference manual, quick reference card, technical support, user newsletter and discounted upgrades. For more information, contact Boxer Software, P.O. Box 3230, Peterborough, N.H. 03458, 800/982-6937 or 603/924-6602; Internet dhamel@boxersoftware.com. CONTACT: Open City Communications Phil Hall, 212/714-3575 (media inquiries and review copies) |
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